Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The 7,000-km long Indian coastline that is home to 30 per cent of the country’s population faces a huge threat from unbridled sand mining and commercial coastal activity. “In AP, the Nellore and Godavari coast is threatened by these mafias who take away large quantities of vital sea sand by …
Experts feel common infrastructure practical solution as defence min forbids construction of permanent structures RAJEEV JAYASWAL NEW DELHI ONGC and Reliance Industries (RIL) may use surplus infrastructure at the KG-D6 block for their deepwater discoveries in nearby blocks as the defence ministry has forbidden construction of permanent structures in the …
Respecting Supreme Court’s observation, Central government should convene the Cauvery River Authority meeting soon and instruct Karnataka to release the due share of water to Tamil Nadu as per the Interim Award of the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal said R.Nallakannu, senior leader, Communist Party of India, here on Tuesday. …
More than 10.86 Million Indians depend on rivers, wetlands, floodplains, estuaries, ponds and tanks for subsistence and market-based fisheries. Though the absolute contribution of riverine fisheries may not be huge in economic terms, it is a very crucial component in livelihood and nutritional security of the rural poor. With declining …
Desperate to reverse the falling output at its KG-D6 block, Reliance Industries (RIL) has proposed to drill the first exploration well in almost five years in the flagging gas fields at its own cost. Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1 & D3) gas fields, the largest among the 18 gas finds on …
Panel Gives Conditional Approval For D6 Block, Gas Output Set To Rise New Delhi: The oversight panel for India’s showcase gas field off the Andhra coast gave Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP Plc permission to pump over $1 billion into the flagging field, but with the rider that …
Reiterating that the Polavaram multi-purpose project of Andhra Pradesh is of no good for Odisha, the State Government on Monday said it does not require water from the dam over river Godavari as offered by the AP Government. Water Resources Secretary SC Mohapatra said Odisha does not require water from …
Maintaining that the Polavaram multi-purpose project is of no good for Odisha, the state government today said it did not require water from the dam over river Godavari as offered by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. "Odisha does not need Polavaram project. The state also does not require water from the AP …
Bhubaneswar: Seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention into the dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over the Polavaram project, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday demanded stop of tendering process till matters pending in the Supreme Court were disposed off. I request your kind personal intervention in the matter. Immediate …
Co hopes to finalise equity deal by this month-end for its KG block that lies next to RIL’s D6 field The country’s largest staterun energy explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is betting big on its gas acreages in the Krishna-Godavri basin, Daman and the Mahanadi basin, and is …
AG: Public Trust Doctrine For Gas Creates Confusion New Delhi: While seeking to overcome the ‘auction for all natural resources’ law laid down by the 2G judgment, the Centre wants clarification of an important conclusion in the Reliance judgment. The Supreme Court in 2010 had ruled in favour of Mukesh …
AG: Public Trust Doctrine For Gas Creates Confusion New Delhi: While seeking to overcome the ‘auction for all natural resources’ law laid down by the 2G judgment, the Centre wants clarification of an important conclusion in the Reliance judgment. The Supreme Court in 2010 had ruled in favour of Mukesh …
Aiming to spur progress and development in the worst Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district, the Maharashtra government has taken up construction of strategic inter-state river bridges and expanding the road network in the area, a minister said Monday. The project, estimated to cost around Rs1.86 billion, has been taken up under a …
Is India’s thirst for fresh water causing ocean levels to rise? Experts warn that the backwaters of Kerala and the deltas of the Ganga, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery and Mahanadi on the east coast are being threatened by rising ocean levels. A recent Nasa study had confirmed that water tables in …
Auditor Gives Point-By-Point Rebuttal On Reliance’s Claims Of Lack Of Expertise The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has offered a strong rebuttal of Reliance Industries Limited’s criticism that the auditor excluded its responses in the KG basin report, asserting that the firm got a fair hearing and the production …
Needed, it says, for covering its return and risks also wants govt to stick to contract on output sharing Stuck with $4.2 a million British thermal units (mBtu) price for its natural gas till 2014, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has sought from the government an import-parity price for sale of …
“The Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery rivers have experienced dramatic changes in flow due to the construction of dams, anthropogenic contamination and other activities, National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI) senior scientist Dr S. Masood Ahmad said here on Sunday. “The Godavari would require significant intervention to protect its ecosystems and the …
On the face of it, the Union petroleum ministry has finally taken some action in its slow-fuse battle with Reliance Industries over the D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin. A long legal arbitration duel between the two parties seems inevitable (over Reliance’s failure to deliver the promised quantum of gas …
The city’s water problem is turning acute as a large number of borewells have dried up, with experts attributing the worsening situation to the absence of rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures. Hyderabad’s residents primarily depend on groundwater for all purposes barring drinking and cooking. With the groundwater table depleting fast, experts …
